I expect that question is bound to come up sooner or later so I'll be proactive and address it now.....early in my Navy career I was an instructor on the AN/SPS-49(V)8 Air Search Radar. One of my fellow instructors and still very good friend, Lacy Pack, and I were on the night shift together and he took to calling me "Hi-Tech" (the Redneck part was implied). He was from Texas and his neck was a little red too so it wasn't like an insult or anything.
Well, out of the various monikers that friends (and so called friends) have hung on me in my life this is one of the least offensive and requires the least explanation. Plus, I kind of like it. The work I do is high tech and, being from Oklahoma, I've got a little redneck in me so there ya go.
I'd like to think I'm the original HTR, but George Jones released an album and song of the same name in 1993. Lacy and I met in 1996. I don't quite fit the description as depicted in the song, that guy sounds like a geek!
So I'm not the first HTR and I probably won't be the last but I am original and, try as the others may, none of them will be a Hi-Tech Redneck like I'm a High-Tech Redneck. You can be sure of that!
Two posts in two days....wow! I just might be getting the hang of this. More on the trip over next time.....
HTR
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Hey Marte!
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Hope you are safe and warm.
Tony & Family!
Man...I have been known for some things in my life but I must say giving you a nickname that has stuck and can be used without concern for who is listening is one of my prouder moments!
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